November 2010
60 posts
“G.M. said dealers had fewer than 125 new Pontiacs in stock at the end of August,...”
– Selling only 8 cars nationwide in a month has to be some kind of record.
October 2010
48 posts
“What if there were something better than yelling heads on cable TV, or the...”
– Alternatives to Dull or Screaming News - Stewart, Twain, NPR
Watchwallsconcesandgreenshutters:
tumbledore:
“They’re Smoking Weed”
They’re smoking weed! They don’t care!”
Contact high.
The Tea Party's Voter Suppression Plans →
squashed:
Meaningful voter fraud is an incredibly difficult thing to pull off. Putting in fake registrations (while highly illegal) is fairly straight forward. However, getting fake people to the polls to vote is challenging. You have to use real people. And, since there are actual election workers watching, you can really only vote once per polling location. If you try very, very hard you might...
The donut dividend
adamisacson:
1 free daily donut for every American = (310.5 million Americans) * (79¢ per donut) * (365 days) = $89.5 billion/year.
That’s less than 1/8 of the annual Defense Department budget ($749 billion).
So how about it, Pentagon? Just a little belt-tightening on your part, and I could be eating a free Boston Kreme right now. And so could you.
If eating a donut a day gets us out of...
“Why have relatively few old telephone books survived?
In the early twentieth...”
– Failure Mag interviews Ammon Shea, author of The Phone Book.
“Glenn Beck is calling on his hardworking listeners to donate money to the...”
– Wow.
WatchCool series on how artists are taking over abandoned buildings in Detroit.
“Thank you for renting with Alamo. We hope you have enjoyed your rental...”
– In light of this, Alamo’s email robot cracks me up. So far, post-collision paperwork has been going smoothly.
Mandy Starr →
Born in Minneapolis back in ‘83.
Known for: On Your Knees Bitch 2 (An above average sequel?)
Moving to MPLS: so many neighborhoods! →
movingtompls:
A long time ago I wrote a post about what neighborhood we should move to. Our main ideas were and are Uptown-ish and the Northeast Arts District, but there are so many great places! SO MANY! I realized today that we could live within two blocks of the new Peace Coffee Cafe, the Hub Bike…
I’m not sayin’, but I’m just sayin’ that Longfellow is pretty...
“If you are intoxicated, we can not sell you your bottles of beer. Please plan...”
– Surly Darkness deets. It doesn’t start until noon, so they need to mention stuff like this.
40% of Aol's Revenue Still Comes From Dial-Up... →
newsweek:
markcoatney:
Mr. Armstrong estimates that about 10 million to 12 million visitors to AOL sites are tied to its dial-up subscription business.
Wow. This is amazing.
Dear God!
In case you’ve forgotten what dial-ups sound like.
‘The Social Network’ takes jabs at BU students →
minusmanhattan:
slippy:
As a former student of BU, the movie’s jabs at my school didn’t offend me in the slightest. It was actually hilarious. Can’t believe some were offended.
Did people study about BU? Of course. Were the girls bitches? Not as a general rule.
The only point Sorkin left out was how undeniably hot the girls are at BU. For sure the hottest girls in Boston. They’d come to...
also
whereabout:
i have yet to find out what happened here
I think I found the answer.
Trivia Mafia Champions
Kings Wine Bar. September 27, 2010. This happened.
